1 00:03:20,553 --> 00:03:22,403 Forgive me, Father... 2 00:03:25,853 --> 00:03:27,453 for I have indeed sinned. 3 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:04,853 Behold! 4 00:05:04,953 --> 00:05:06,453 A witness! 5 00:05:06,553 --> 00:05:10,903 Took the cursed Bonaparte and threw a rope around his neck 6 00:05:11,003 --> 00:05:13,303 Threw a rope around his neck... 7 00:05:14,753 --> 00:05:15,803 Behold! 8 00:05:16,953 --> 00:05:19,103 A good man! 9 00:05:20,803 --> 00:05:23,053 Behold! A man of his calling! 10 00:05:24,203 --> 00:05:28,153 Behold, a witness to God's deep love for us all. 11 00:05:59,153 --> 00:06:01,953 Mrs. Geary, I do not wish to be indelicate, 12 00:06:02,053 --> 00:06:05,453 but did you pay the grave-diggers the extra shilling? 13 00:06:05,553 --> 00:06:07,003 What extra shilling? 14 00:06:07,103 --> 00:06:09,703 To bury your father deeper in the ground. 15 00:06:09,803 --> 00:06:11,703 Resurrectionists pay extra 16 00:06:11,803 --> 00:06:13,853 to be buried two feet deeper than the rest. 17 00:06:13,953 --> 00:06:17,353 That way, the grave-robbers can't dig down to their meat 18 00:06:17,453 --> 00:06:18,653 before the sun comes up. 19 00:06:18,753 --> 00:06:21,803 My wife has no business with the grave-diggers. 20 00:06:23,753 --> 00:06:26,853 Her father will rest at the regular depth. 21 00:06:36,403 --> 00:06:38,853 Dear God. 22 00:06:38,953 --> 00:06:40,703 There walks a dead man. 23 00:06:43,553 --> 00:06:44,753 Who is that? 24 00:06:44,853 --> 00:06:46,853 Is hell opened up? 25 00:06:49,353 --> 00:06:52,503 Dear Lord Almighty, is that your brother? 26 00:07:05,803 --> 00:07:08,853 Before we begin, may we bow our heads in prayer? 27 00:07:10,053 --> 00:07:14,303 Our Father, which art in heaven, 28 00:07:14,403 --> 00:07:16,353 hallowed be thy name. 29 00:07:16,453 --> 00:07:19,053 Thy kingdom come... 30 00:07:19,153 --> 00:07:23,503 thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven. 31 00:07:23,603 --> 00:07:26,453 Give us this day our daily bread... 32 00:07:36,103 --> 00:07:39,653 For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy 33 00:07:39,753 --> 00:07:43,553 to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother, here departed, 34 00:07:43,653 --> 00:07:46,053 we therefore commit his body to the ground. 35 00:07:46,153 --> 00:07:48,203 Earth to Earth... 36 00:07:48,303 --> 00:07:51,703 ...ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 37 00:07:51,803 --> 00:07:55,253 In sure and certain hope of the Resurrection. 38 00:07:58,853 --> 00:08:00,653 We will change our vile body... 39 00:08:04,153 --> 00:08:06,453 according to the mighty working 40 00:08:06,553 --> 00:08:10,653 whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. 41 00:08:30,553 --> 00:08:31,853 Sir? 42 00:08:31,953 --> 00:08:33,653 Mr. Delaney, is it? 43 00:08:34,753 --> 00:08:36,003 Sir? 44 00:08:37,503 --> 00:08:40,303 - James Delaney, is it? - Who are you? 45 00:08:43,403 --> 00:08:45,603 - They said you were dead. - I am. 46 00:08:46,703 --> 00:08:49,053 Such a shallow grave they dug for my father. 47 00:08:49,153 --> 00:08:51,053 Are you short of a couple of shillings? 48 00:08:51,153 --> 00:08:53,453 He was buried to the depth of my love. 49 00:08:54,653 --> 00:08:56,353 Last years, he disgraced me. 50 00:08:57,453 --> 00:08:58,503 Disgrace? 51 00:08:59,553 --> 00:09:01,103 Hm. 52 00:09:04,703 --> 00:09:07,953 Were those Negro words he said over the grave? 53 00:09:09,203 --> 00:09:12,253 Madness comes out through the umbilical cord. 54 00:09:12,353 --> 00:09:16,453 The pox in Africa goes directly to the brain via these... these worms. 55 00:09:16,553 --> 00:09:18,053 They... they crawl through your veins. 56 00:09:18,153 --> 00:09:20,453 - Where is he? - He went to piss. 57 00:09:23,853 --> 00:09:27,103 Any business with him will be conducted in my presence. 58 00:09:27,203 --> 00:09:30,103 See, I have the advantage, I have read the will. 59 00:09:31,503 --> 00:09:32,553 Meaning what? 60 00:09:32,653 --> 00:09:34,903 Meaning I need to piss and need no-one to hold my cock. 61 00:09:35,003 --> 00:09:37,903 Begging the lady's pardon. 62 00:10:21,353 --> 00:10:25,753 How came you to know that your father was dead? 63 00:10:25,853 --> 00:10:28,453 I heard he was sick and I boarded a ship. 64 00:10:28,553 --> 00:10:32,153 Yes, he was sick from madness. 65 00:10:32,253 --> 00:10:33,803 Hear that? 66 00:10:35,353 --> 00:10:36,903 Bile and bitterness. 67 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:40,753 Not a single tear from anyone at the graveside. 68 00:10:45,353 --> 00:10:47,453 I didn't hear any piss at the leather. 69 00:10:47,553 --> 00:10:51,303 Perhaps you had no need, or perhaps you came out here with... 70 00:10:51,403 --> 00:10:52,703 With a purpose? 71 00:10:52,803 --> 00:10:54,403 James... 72 00:10:54,503 --> 00:10:58,103 - Who are you? - I'm Thoyt, your father's lawyer. 73 00:10:58,203 --> 00:11:00,153 Smallpox butchered me down to the bone 74 00:11:00,253 --> 00:11:04,353 and, yes, I have other business than pissing. 75 00:11:04,453 --> 00:11:05,703 You know, in all of London, 76 00:11:05,803 --> 00:11:08,103 only your father believed you were still alive. 77 00:11:08,203 --> 00:11:10,353 It was a symptom of his madness. 78 00:11:10,453 --> 00:11:14,603 But he would talk to you, stand on the north bank of the river 79 00:11:14,703 --> 00:11:17,203 and call out to you on the other side. 80 00:11:17,303 --> 00:11:19,653 Yes, I know, I heard him calling. 81 00:11:21,153 --> 00:11:22,403 I'll speak plainly. 82 00:11:22,503 --> 00:11:25,053 Your father drew up a will of which I am executor. 83 00:11:25,153 --> 00:11:27,053 In it, you are his only heir. 84 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:31,653 But, James, if you came home expecting fortune, there is none. 85 00:11:31,753 --> 00:11:34,353 The only legacy is a poisoned chalice. 86 00:11:35,953 --> 00:11:38,603 Talk to me of poison. 87 00:11:40,303 --> 00:11:44,053 Well, it's a small... strip of coastline, 88 00:11:44,153 --> 00:11:45,753 directly on the other side of the world, 89 00:11:45,853 --> 00:11:48,853 which your father held by treaty with the Nootka tribe. 90 00:11:48,953 --> 00:11:50,953 A wasteland. 91 00:11:51,053 --> 00:11:54,703 If America were a pig facing England, 92 00:11:54,803 --> 00:11:57,003 it is right at the pig's arse. 93 00:11:57,103 --> 00:11:59,653 Just rocks and Indians. 94 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:04,703 The land in your father's will is not only useless, 95 00:12:04,803 --> 00:12:07,603 it is dangerous to any who owns it. 96 00:12:07,703 --> 00:12:09,603 They're my rocks now. 97 00:12:11,553 --> 00:12:13,403 James... 98 00:12:13,503 --> 00:12:18,503 I can arrange the immediate transfer of this particular asset. 99 00:12:29,353 --> 00:12:32,253 I'll send you a formal proposition in writing. 100 00:12:57,653 --> 00:12:59,753 Good day, sir. 101 00:12:59,853 --> 00:13:02,703 These girls arriving are all whores. 102 00:13:04,153 --> 00:13:05,903 They attend the funeral of a widower 103 00:13:06,003 --> 00:13:07,853 'cause they know there'll be lots of old men. 104 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:10,303 And that animal from Africa 105 00:13:10,403 --> 00:13:12,603 is here to pick at an old man's bones, too. 106 00:13:12,703 --> 00:13:15,703 Perhaps we should let Thoyt deal with the matter. 107 00:13:17,403 --> 00:13:19,103 Let's call our carriage. 108 00:13:35,053 --> 00:13:38,003 One thing Africa did not cure... 109 00:13:38,103 --> 00:13:40,403 is that I still love you. 110 00:13:46,303 --> 00:13:51,253 And if you are ever short of two shillings, 111 00:13:51,353 --> 00:13:53,053 please do not hesitate to ask, 112 00:13:53,153 --> 00:13:56,003 as Africa also served me incredibly well. 113 00:13:58,553 --> 00:14:02,853 Well, then you will have no need for legacies now, will you? 114 00:14:02,953 --> 00:14:04,503 We were just leaving. 115 00:14:07,503 --> 00:14:08,653 Hm. 116 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:49,453 So, gentlemen, let's begin. 117 00:14:49,553 --> 00:14:52,653 A clerk will record every word that's said, 118 00:14:52,753 --> 00:14:55,503 except when a fellow raises his hand. 119 00:14:55,603 --> 00:15:00,603 Words from a raised hand will not... 120 00:15:00,703 --> 00:15:02,453 enter the record. 121 00:15:03,553 --> 00:15:08,253 Now, the issue today is old man Delaney. 122 00:15:08,353 --> 00:15:11,453 May he rot in hell. 123 00:15:11,553 --> 00:15:15,303 The death of that mad old bastard was welcome 124 00:15:15,403 --> 00:15:17,453 and, as we thought at the time, 125 00:15:17,553 --> 00:15:21,453 beneficial for the honourable East India. 126 00:15:21,553 --> 00:15:24,053 But things have changed. 127 00:15:25,503 --> 00:15:28,253 Mr. Thoyt, welcome. 128 00:15:28,353 --> 00:15:30,303 Give us the bad news. 129 00:15:30,403 --> 00:15:35,653 As the late Mr. Delaney's lawyer, I attended the funeral, 130 00:15:35,753 --> 00:15:37,703 and a ghost appeared... 131 00:15:37,803 --> 00:15:41,053 a son we all thought dead in Africa. 132 00:15:41,153 --> 00:15:43,353 James Keziah Delaney. 133 00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:48,953 Mr. Wilton, I asked you to do some digging. 134 00:15:49,053 --> 00:15:53,103 Which I have done, sir, and most entertaining it has been. 135 00:15:53,203 --> 00:15:56,553 In temperament, he takes after his mad mother. 136 00:15:56,653 --> 00:15:58,553 She was committed as a resident of Bedlam. 137 00:15:58,653 --> 00:16:00,603 Just stick to what we know about the boy. 138 00:16:00,703 --> 00:16:02,703 So, at the age of 11, 139 00:16:02,803 --> 00:16:05,053 his exhausted father and new bride put his son in 140 00:16:05,153 --> 00:16:08,703 as a cadet at the East India Company military seminary in Woolwich, 141 00:16:08,803 --> 00:16:11,103 the year of our Lord 1798. 142 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:15,253 Delaney's son was a... company boy? 143 00:16:15,353 --> 00:16:18,953 And, Sir Stuart, odd to relate, 144 00:16:19,053 --> 00:16:21,653 the records show he was once in your own regiment. 145 00:16:21,753 --> 00:16:23,203 Well... 146 00:16:23,303 --> 00:16:26,953 I commanded so many of the little bastards, I forget. 147 00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:29,953 There is a copy of his attendance record and the year-end report. 148 00:16:30,053 --> 00:16:32,153 Yeah, year end record too. 149 00:16:32,253 --> 00:16:34,003 My God! 150 00:16:34,103 --> 00:16:37,253 Corporal James Keziah Delaney. 151 00:16:37,353 --> 00:16:40,603 "Exceptional. Exceptional. Exceptional. 152 00:16:40,703 --> 00:16:44,503 Musket, shipcraft, leadership. Exceptional." 153 00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:48,703 But, sir, then along came the year of our Lord 1800. 154 00:16:48,803 --> 00:16:50,453 Exceptional in different ways. 155 00:16:50,553 --> 00:16:53,703 I would guess that confidence allowed his true savage nature 156 00:16:53,803 --> 00:16:55,503 and mother's madness to emerge. 157 00:16:55,603 --> 00:16:57,903 The necks he broke always belonged to officers. 158 00:16:58,003 --> 00:17:00,053 And then there is the setting ablaze 159 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:02,453 of a Navy boat in an experiment with oil 160 00:17:02,553 --> 00:17:04,953 and mashed potatoes while drunk. 161 00:17:05,053 --> 00:17:07,603 And a fight with a bear in Chancery Lane, 162 00:17:07,703 --> 00:17:12,253 a rebellion against the cooks for bad custard, started by him, 163 00:17:12,353 --> 00:17:15,653 and he raved about fortunes and hidden treasures. 164 00:17:15,753 --> 00:17:18,703 He tried to recruit other boys to go down the river to India, 165 00:17:18,803 --> 00:17:22,253 to trade with Red Indians, to take gold from the Aztecs. 166 00:17:22,353 --> 00:17:26,603 And more necks, more whores and more custard. And finally... 167 00:17:26,703 --> 00:17:29,053 I am almost exhausted in the telling of it. 168 00:17:29,153 --> 00:17:32,603 Finally, in the year of our Lord 1802, 169 00:17:32,703 --> 00:17:35,253 he took himself off to Africa. 170 00:17:37,553 --> 00:17:40,453 Well, now he is returned. 171 00:17:40,553 --> 00:17:44,353 And Delaney's will leaves him everything. 172 00:17:44,453 --> 00:17:46,053 Including Nootka. 173 00:17:47,803 --> 00:17:51,703 Do we have a copy of the Nootka Sound treaty yet? 174 00:17:51,803 --> 00:17:56,103 Where perhaps our lawyers could pick it apart? 175 00:17:56,203 --> 00:17:59,653 It's yet to surface, Sir Stuart. And... 176 00:17:59,753 --> 00:18:02,953 I believe only the original exists. 177 00:18:04,153 --> 00:18:09,953 So, our lengthy negotiations with the daughter were in vain. 178 00:18:16,503 --> 00:18:21,653 If the will has not been read and Nootka is so strategic to us, 179 00:18:21,753 --> 00:18:23,953 why don't we just... burn it? 180 00:18:25,203 --> 00:18:26,653 Even if I did, 181 00:18:26,753 --> 00:18:31,203 the son would have natural priority over the daughter, 182 00:18:31,303 --> 00:18:34,303 according to God's law. 183 00:18:34,403 --> 00:18:39,003 And his return was purposely in a public way. 184 00:18:39,103 --> 00:18:42,653 Hardly the action of a savage. 185 00:18:42,753 --> 00:18:46,003 Thank you, Mr. Thoyt, you may leave us. 186 00:18:54,453 --> 00:19:00,203 Mr. Pettifer, I hope the report from the Africa desk is as thorough 187 00:19:00,303 --> 00:19:03,703 as the one from Mr. Wilton in the records office. 188 00:19:06,553 --> 00:19:08,553 According to charter records, 189 00:19:08,653 --> 00:19:12,053 he went to Cabinda aboard a ship called Cornwallis, 190 00:19:12,153 --> 00:19:16,353 then boarded a ship called the Influence, bound for Antigua. 191 00:19:17,403 --> 00:19:18,953 It was a slave ship. 192 00:19:19,053 --> 00:19:22,403 It sank off the Gold Coast, 193 00:19:22,503 --> 00:19:25,053 and it was assumed Delaney was dead. 194 00:19:25,803 --> 00:19:28,353 Then the rumours began. 195 00:19:30,953 --> 00:19:35,603 There have been rumours about James Keziah Delaney these past ten years 196 00:19:35,703 --> 00:19:40,853 but in the file I have put only the facts, sir, 197 00:19:40,953 --> 00:19:42,303 not the rumours. 198 00:19:44,703 --> 00:19:46,253 What are the rumours? 199 00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:52,203 Awful, and unnatural, and, I'm sure, untrue. 200 00:19:53,953 --> 00:19:57,603 What fucking rumours? 201 00:21:16,953 --> 00:21:18,253 Right. 202 00:21:46,753 --> 00:21:49,353 Who's there? This pistol is loaded. 203 00:21:54,053 --> 00:21:55,553 My God. 204 00:21:55,653 --> 00:22:00,153 Perhaps by ship and by carriage. Hm? Come here. 205 00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:02,153 Ah! 206 00:22:03,503 --> 00:22:07,153 Where's your propriety, Brace? Servant and master? Get off me. 207 00:22:08,853 --> 00:22:10,503 - Begging your pardon, sir. - What, why? 208 00:22:10,603 --> 00:22:13,353 Begging your pardon, but what the hell are you doing here? 209 00:22:13,453 --> 00:22:15,153 Oh, no, there will be no pardon for you 210 00:22:15,253 --> 00:22:17,503 because you are the captain of the mutineers. 211 00:22:18,653 --> 00:22:23,153 And you will hang. For being a pirate, you vagabond! 212 00:22:23,253 --> 00:22:24,453 How's the leg? 213 00:22:24,553 --> 00:22:29,453 I broke my left knee swinging from a tree, being an ape for you. 214 00:22:30,753 --> 00:22:32,403 - You needed a brother. - Still do. 215 00:22:34,003 --> 00:22:37,903 But a broken down, bent, buckled old butler will have to be sufficient. 216 00:22:38,003 --> 00:22:39,553 You look the same. 217 00:22:41,353 --> 00:22:42,603 I'm not. 218 00:22:46,153 --> 00:22:49,103 Not tea, brandy. 219 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:53,453 Two glasses. 220 00:22:53,553 --> 00:22:54,603 Sir? 221 00:22:54,703 --> 00:22:56,153 Fetch two glasses. 222 00:22:57,153 --> 00:23:00,803 They should have invited you. To the wake, at least. 223 00:23:00,903 --> 00:23:04,053 Serving stew in the backroom, to hell with that. 224 00:23:04,153 --> 00:23:08,053 In all of this dirty city, there is no-one that I can trust, 225 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:09,253 do you understand? 226 00:23:09,353 --> 00:23:11,153 Apart from you. 227 00:23:22,403 --> 00:23:23,453 Ah! 228 00:23:24,853 --> 00:23:28,603 You can spare me the old maiden splutter, Brace. 229 00:23:28,703 --> 00:23:30,353 I know that you polish off at least half a bottle 230 00:23:30,453 --> 00:23:33,403 of Delaney Company Brandy every night. 231 00:23:33,503 --> 00:23:34,853 Hm? 232 00:23:42,553 --> 00:23:43,753 James... 233 00:23:45,503 --> 00:23:47,903 You could have written to your father just once. 234 00:23:48,003 --> 00:23:50,603 In the end, he was calling for you. 235 00:23:50,703 --> 00:23:51,803 I know. 236 00:23:53,403 --> 00:23:56,853 I'd say, "Come on, come in. 237 00:23:56,953 --> 00:23:59,253 Before the tide gets your shoes." 238 00:23:59,353 --> 00:24:02,603 And he would light these fires on the shore, 239 00:24:02,703 --> 00:24:04,953 call out your name and talk to you. 240 00:24:07,053 --> 00:24:08,953 Is that grief, James? 241 00:24:10,153 --> 00:24:11,453 Is what grief? 242 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:20,153 And all the while, these gulls hovered around picking at him. 243 00:24:20,253 --> 00:24:23,053 Gulls only come if there is meat. 244 00:24:23,153 --> 00:24:25,753 Oh, aye, meat there was. 245 00:24:26,903 --> 00:24:29,503 Men of affairs, they call themselves. 246 00:24:29,603 --> 00:24:32,253 Don't you want to know what it is they wanted, these gulls? 247 00:24:32,353 --> 00:24:33,953 I know already. 248 00:24:34,753 --> 00:24:36,803 I doubt that. 249 00:24:38,753 --> 00:24:42,303 A base of land called Nootka Sound. 250 00:24:44,003 --> 00:24:46,003 Nootka was my mother's tribe. 251 00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:50,003 No. No, no, James. 252 00:24:50,103 --> 00:24:52,853 Your mother came from Naples. 253 00:24:52,953 --> 00:24:56,353 He bought some land and he bought a wife. 254 00:24:57,703 --> 00:25:00,153 And he bought them both for gunpowder. 255 00:25:03,753 --> 00:25:07,203 He told me never to speak to you of buying her. 256 00:25:08,553 --> 00:25:10,403 And yet he told me everything. 257 00:25:12,153 --> 00:25:13,403 When? 258 00:25:13,503 --> 00:25:15,553 When he lit his fires on the foreshore. 259 00:25:20,453 --> 00:25:23,203 Nothing you could tell me about that man would surprise me. 260 00:25:23,303 --> 00:25:28,053 He was half human at the end and he would squat right here and 261 00:25:28,153 --> 00:25:31,653 make deals with ghosts in the flames. 262 00:25:32,853 --> 00:25:34,953 And he would speak in a language that was like... 263 00:25:35,053 --> 00:25:37,153 It was like ravens fighting. 264 00:25:42,253 --> 00:25:45,453 And he would talk to you, James. 265 00:25:45,553 --> 00:25:47,003 And he would talk to Anna. 266 00:25:49,203 --> 00:25:50,253 Salish. 267 00:25:56,653 --> 00:25:58,803 My mother's name was Salish. 268 00:26:00,153 --> 00:26:03,653 You know things only he and I knew. 269 00:26:03,753 --> 00:26:05,303 Yeah. 270 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:11,003 And it's best we never talk of her when we've had brandy. 271 00:26:16,553 --> 00:26:19,403 See, when you live alone with a madman, you... 272 00:26:19,503 --> 00:26:21,653 You become half mad yourself. 273 00:26:23,653 --> 00:26:27,303 But here's the thing, James. This Nootka Sound is a curse. 274 00:26:27,403 --> 00:26:31,353 It will bring the King and Empire down upon your head. 275 00:26:31,453 --> 00:26:34,153 Please don't talk to me of sense, Brace, 276 00:26:34,253 --> 00:26:38,453 because if it is you, I might believe it. 277 00:26:40,553 --> 00:26:44,803 And I have sworn to do very foolish things. 278 00:28:12,553 --> 00:28:16,203 If you're looking for money, those accounts are ten years old. 279 00:28:19,953 --> 00:28:23,253 Where are my father's inventories and his shipping logs? 280 00:28:25,353 --> 00:28:26,503 He burnt them all. 281 00:28:28,303 --> 00:28:31,603 The only reason these accounts survived was because I hid them 282 00:28:31,703 --> 00:28:33,503 in case the taxman came knocking. 283 00:28:35,253 --> 00:28:37,203 That was delivered at 6 AM this morning 284 00:28:37,303 --> 00:28:39,903 by a servant of Mr. Robert Thoyt. 285 00:28:41,603 --> 00:28:44,453 Thoyt has been trying to buy the Delaney Shipping Company 286 00:28:44,553 --> 00:28:46,303 from your father for three years. 287 00:28:46,403 --> 00:28:48,453 Each time, your da would go into the street, 288 00:28:48,553 --> 00:28:52,053 scoop up some horse shite and package it up by way of reply. 289 00:28:55,053 --> 00:29:00,053 I imagine the envelope contains a financial offer. 290 00:29:00,153 --> 00:29:03,303 I imagine it does. Do you have any horse shit on you? 291 00:29:08,803 --> 00:29:13,153 Listen, the accounts told me that we have a leasehold of 50 years 292 00:29:13,253 --> 00:29:16,403 on the offices in West India docks, 32 years left to run. 293 00:29:17,553 --> 00:29:20,853 Your father hadnae been up there in eight years, sir. 294 00:29:20,953 --> 00:29:22,653 They're all locked up. 295 00:29:22,753 --> 00:29:24,253 Then I will need the key. 296 00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:23,903 Oi! 297 00:30:24,003 --> 00:30:26,103 What are you doing with the door? 298 00:30:26,203 --> 00:30:28,953 You want a bush, you come through me. 299 00:30:29,053 --> 00:30:30,703 That is private property. 300 00:30:30,803 --> 00:30:34,453 Helga, it's so good to see that you're still working... 301 00:30:34,553 --> 00:30:36,053 even still alive. 302 00:30:36,153 --> 00:30:38,653 You know that I lay with you when I was just a little boy. 303 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:40,303 Where did you get the key? 304 00:30:40,403 --> 00:30:43,153 This key? This is my father's key. 305 00:30:43,253 --> 00:30:46,453 Horace Delaney. Mmm? 306 00:30:48,153 --> 00:30:49,853 Shit. 307 00:30:49,953 --> 00:30:51,203 Yes, shit. 308 00:30:52,353 --> 00:30:54,653 Your father stopped coming. It was empty. 309 00:30:54,753 --> 00:30:57,703 It was wasted, so close to the docks. 310 00:31:00,953 --> 00:31:02,353 You want tea? 311 00:31:02,453 --> 00:31:03,553 No. 312 00:31:05,853 --> 00:31:07,203 Do you want to fuck? 313 00:31:07,303 --> 00:31:09,903 - No, I want my family offices back. - Oh, God. 314 00:31:12,553 --> 00:31:13,953 How much do you make here? 315 00:31:17,153 --> 00:31:20,953 With the workers in the yard and the boats that moor at the wharf... 316 00:31:21,953 --> 00:31:23,603 we make £10 a day. 317 00:31:23,703 --> 00:31:26,803 I can give you five and whatever you like. 318 00:31:26,903 --> 00:31:30,103 Boys, girls, suck, fuck... 319 00:31:31,553 --> 00:31:34,253 You have two hours to get out. 320 00:31:34,353 --> 00:31:35,853 You say I took your cherry. 321 00:31:37,953 --> 00:31:39,103 Mm-hmm. 322 00:31:43,003 --> 00:31:45,053 Where have you been, little boy? 323 00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:47,003 - I have been in the world. - Oh. 324 00:31:49,553 --> 00:31:53,053 I have girls, but I also have men. 325 00:31:54,903 --> 00:31:56,453 They're not very good men. 326 00:31:56,553 --> 00:31:57,953 - You understand? - Mm-hmm. 327 00:31:59,603 --> 00:32:01,353 They have rocks for hearts. 328 00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:03,753 They have knives and ropes. 329 00:32:03,853 --> 00:32:05,303 If you have any sense... 330 00:32:09,253 --> 00:32:12,753 People who do not know me soon come to understand 331 00:32:12,853 --> 00:32:14,553 that I do not have any sense. 332 00:32:16,753 --> 00:32:18,553 Now, please do not misunderstand the situation. 333 00:32:18,653 --> 00:32:19,753 You send me 12 men, 334 00:32:19,853 --> 00:32:23,103 I will return you 12 sets of testicles in a bag, 335 00:32:23,203 --> 00:32:26,253 and we can watch your little whores devour them together, 336 00:32:26,353 --> 00:32:30,403 before I chop off your trotters and boil them. 337 00:32:35,303 --> 00:32:36,353 Two hours. 338 00:32:37,853 --> 00:32:39,203 You... 339 00:32:39,303 --> 00:32:41,303 I remember you. 340 00:32:41,403 --> 00:32:44,153 I remember you. Heard the stories. 341 00:32:46,353 --> 00:32:48,953 If I give you a girl, I will never see her again. 342 00:32:50,603 --> 00:32:51,803 You heard right. 343 00:32:53,203 --> 00:32:54,553 Be punctual. 344 00:33:13,853 --> 00:33:17,203 - They've brought the carriage up. - Yes. I'm coming. 345 00:33:39,203 --> 00:33:41,653 You're not imploring him to relinquish his deed, 346 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:43,703 you're insisting that, for his own welfare, 347 00:33:43,803 --> 00:33:45,753 he submit his claim to you. 348 00:33:47,503 --> 00:33:51,353 Implore is a more feminine word. 349 00:33:53,753 --> 00:33:55,653 And why must you be a woman to him? 350 00:33:59,253 --> 00:34:03,303 The offer of £50 should be conditional on him leaving England. 351 00:34:03,403 --> 00:34:05,153 Why? 352 00:34:05,253 --> 00:34:08,353 Because if he does not leave England, I will kill him. 353 00:34:08,453 --> 00:34:09,753 Why? 354 00:34:16,003 --> 00:34:17,653 That is a very good question. 355 00:34:20,853 --> 00:34:24,503 Why would I feel that way about him, after meeting him only once? 356 00:34:26,453 --> 00:34:29,303 The son of the same father as the woman I love... 357 00:34:32,953 --> 00:34:35,453 Why does a soldier know that a nigger bowing low 358 00:34:35,553 --> 00:34:38,153 has a dagger in his shoe and is reaching for it? 359 00:34:42,253 --> 00:34:45,253 Delaney is nothing more than a nigger now. 360 00:34:45,353 --> 00:34:46,753 You know that, don't you? 361 00:34:49,953 --> 00:34:53,653 I have talked with seasoned merchants who could barely 362 00:34:53,753 --> 00:34:56,103 bring themselves to repeat these stories. 363 00:34:59,403 --> 00:35:00,753 Among Christian soldiers, 364 00:35:00,853 --> 00:35:05,353 it's customary to bury the bodies of your fallen enemy 365 00:35:05,453 --> 00:35:09,853 and shoo away the dogs and crows that come for the carrion. 366 00:35:12,703 --> 00:35:14,553 Not kneel down beside them. 367 00:35:27,903 --> 00:35:29,953 Try again, 368 00:35:30,053 --> 00:35:33,453 this time reflecting the disgust you naturally feel 369 00:35:33,553 --> 00:35:35,053 now you know the truth. 370 00:35:44,003 --> 00:35:45,153 Hmm? 371 00:36:01,353 --> 00:36:05,103 The dogs here live off the flesh from suicides 372 00:36:05,203 --> 00:36:07,153 jumping off Blackfriars Bridge. 373 00:36:08,353 --> 00:36:11,353 Never known one go tamely to a man's hand. 374 00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:15,603 Must be some witchcraft you picked up somewhere. 375 00:36:19,203 --> 00:36:20,503 What do you want? 376 00:36:22,453 --> 00:36:26,503 You think your father's kid feeds himself. 377 00:36:26,603 --> 00:36:29,653 I heard you done a lot of evil over there. 378 00:36:29,753 --> 00:36:33,453 Now it's time for you to do some bleeding good among your own. 379 00:36:33,553 --> 00:36:38,453 Me and my wife have looked after that boy for ten years 380 00:36:38,553 --> 00:36:41,903 with not one penny from you and nothing but threats 381 00:36:42,003 --> 00:36:45,053 from the mad old bastard you just put in the ground. 382 00:36:45,153 --> 00:36:48,303 Now you're back, I want payment. 383 00:36:48,403 --> 00:36:52,953 If it wasn't for us, that kid would be sucking cocks in St. Giles. 384 00:36:58,353 --> 00:37:00,853 Mr. Ibbotson, I've been meaning to pay you a visit. 385 00:37:00,953 --> 00:37:02,203 Bullshit. 386 00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:06,253 You're a liar just like your father. You're a Delaney. 387 00:37:06,353 --> 00:37:08,203 Tell you what... 388 00:37:08,303 --> 00:37:10,603 You get me an address, 389 00:37:10,703 --> 00:37:13,953 and I will get you payment in the form of a banker's draft. 390 00:37:15,303 --> 00:37:17,003 - How much? - Enough. 391 00:37:20,803 --> 00:37:22,153 Good day. 392 00:37:24,953 --> 00:37:27,703 You don't even ask how your own blood fares. 393 00:38:21,003 --> 00:38:25,503 If you don't approve of me steadying my nerves with Madeira, 394 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:27,603 then perhaps you should consult the directory of 395 00:38:27,703 --> 00:38:30,653 the Royal College of Physicians, see you know many others of them 396 00:38:30,753 --> 00:38:32,853 will agree to carry out this kind of work. 397 00:38:32,953 --> 00:38:36,853 I intend to mix the contents of his stomach with potassium oxide, 398 00:38:36,953 --> 00:38:39,503 calcium oxide and nitric acid. 399 00:38:43,953 --> 00:38:47,553 I'll know in 20 minutes. Come back when the church bell chimes. 400 00:39:13,553 --> 00:39:15,653 You did this. 401 00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:17,453 - You will pay for this. - No. 402 00:39:26,803 --> 00:39:30,303 No, because I have no fear to feed you with. 403 00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:34,853 No fear to give you and I will prove it. 404 00:39:34,953 --> 00:39:40,053 Sing for me like you once did as the river caught your tongue. 405 00:39:40,153 --> 00:39:42,703 Ee neem sea wo ha ha. 406 00:39:42,803 --> 00:39:43,953 Suicide. 407 00:39:46,153 --> 00:39:48,503 That will teach you not to steal, won't it? 408 00:39:50,153 --> 00:39:52,553 Ee neem sea wo ha ha. 409 00:39:52,653 --> 00:39:54,953 Ee neem sea wo ha. 410 00:39:58,303 --> 00:40:01,053 You're not here. You are not here. 411 00:40:01,153 --> 00:40:04,453 I have no fear for you and I have no guilt for you. 412 00:40:10,003 --> 00:40:12,853 I did as others did and as others had me do, 413 00:40:12,953 --> 00:40:14,703 and we are all owned, 414 00:40:14,803 --> 00:40:16,903 and we have all owned others... 415 00:40:19,803 --> 00:40:23,353 so don't you dare stand there and judge me. 416 00:40:26,353 --> 00:40:30,003 Today, I have work to do. 417 00:40:56,903 --> 00:41:01,353 The horizontal chamber contains the gas from the stomach contents. 418 00:41:05,403 --> 00:41:06,453 Now... 419 00:41:07,803 --> 00:41:09,203 the moment of truth. 420 00:41:17,653 --> 00:41:23,203 As you see, the flame has formed a reflective surface on the glass, 421 00:41:23,303 --> 00:41:25,303 what is known as an arsenic mirror. 422 00:41:27,553 --> 00:41:29,303 Your father was poisoned. 423 00:41:31,953 --> 00:41:34,303 From the density of the mirror, 424 00:41:34,403 --> 00:41:38,353 I would say heavy doses over a short period, 425 00:41:38,453 --> 00:41:42,653 and, yes, it would have affected his mind in the later stages. 426 00:41:45,953 --> 00:41:47,603 You want him reburied? 427 00:41:47,703 --> 00:41:51,003 Yes, and sewn back up into one piece. 428 00:41:51,103 --> 00:41:53,903 I would recommend they dig a bit deeper this time. 429 00:41:56,353 --> 00:41:58,953 If this body is used for any other purpose, 430 00:41:59,053 --> 00:42:01,753 I will find you and I will kill you. 431 00:42:01,853 --> 00:42:04,253 You tell every member of your profession... 432 00:42:06,453 --> 00:42:08,353 I know things about the dead. 433 00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:13,003 And I will know. 434 00:42:13,103 --> 00:42:16,853 Do you want any words said over him when we put him back? 435 00:42:16,953 --> 00:42:18,353 No-one is listening. 436 00:42:58,653 --> 00:43:00,553 He's meeting with the East India. 437 00:43:03,653 --> 00:43:06,503 Apparently, they're happy to deal with the devil 438 00:43:06,603 --> 00:43:08,003 and leave us penniless. 439 00:43:10,353 --> 00:43:12,603 The letter, it seemed, did no good. 440 00:43:12,703 --> 00:43:14,803 He was never one to be told. 441 00:43:16,753 --> 00:43:21,353 Well, we have legal rights, and it's time that savage was made aware. 442 00:43:21,453 --> 00:43:24,253 - I know he's your brother but... - Half-brother. 443 00:43:27,553 --> 00:43:29,353 he leaves me no choice. 444 00:43:41,153 --> 00:43:42,853 - I'm going out. - Good. 445 00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:46,303 I'm tired of these empty threats you keep bandying around. 446 00:43:49,953 --> 00:43:51,053 Empty? 447 00:43:53,153 --> 00:43:55,253 I'm your husband and you are my wife. 448 00:43:56,953 --> 00:44:00,503 And I will protect our interests by whatever means necessary. 449 00:44:02,153 --> 00:44:03,853 And as for him, 450 00:44:03,953 --> 00:44:06,303 well, he should have stayed where he belongs, 451 00:44:06,403 --> 00:44:10,003 in the jungle, dancing naked and screwing wild pigs, 452 00:44:10,103 --> 00:44:11,903 and his slaves in their chains. 453 00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:17,953 He will leave soon. 454 00:44:18,053 --> 00:44:20,703 You're quite right, he doesn't belong in this world. 455 00:45:00,103 --> 00:45:02,253 I decided to bring it in person. 456 00:45:07,553 --> 00:45:12,753 Now, this is for the past, the present and the future. 457 00:45:19,603 --> 00:45:20,903 Take me to the boy. 458 00:45:22,303 --> 00:45:24,053 I want to see if you're lying to me or not. 459 00:45:24,153 --> 00:45:26,103 Yes, sir, Mr. Delaney. 460 00:45:37,903 --> 00:45:39,653 Do you want to talk with him? 461 00:45:39,753 --> 00:45:43,303 No, I'm not a fit man to be around children. 462 00:45:48,153 --> 00:45:51,703 Fate can be hard, so you put money aside for his future in case 463 00:45:51,803 --> 00:45:56,203 he grows up to be rash, like me. 464 00:45:58,253 --> 00:45:59,953 Will you wish to see him again? 465 00:46:01,853 --> 00:46:04,503 No. Not ever. 466 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:06,553 John Pettifer, East India Company, Africa desk. 467 00:47:08,553 --> 00:47:10,203 James Delaney. 468 00:47:10,303 --> 00:47:12,603 Benjamin Wilton, records, 469 00:47:12,703 --> 00:47:15,653 Abraham Appleby, our delegate from Christ, 470 00:47:15,753 --> 00:47:18,553 and this is Sir Stuart Strange, 471 00:47:18,653 --> 00:47:21,503 Chairman of the Honourable East India Company 472 00:47:21,603 --> 00:47:24,253 across the surface of the entire Earth. 473 00:47:26,603 --> 00:47:28,153 You don't remember me. 474 00:47:30,303 --> 00:47:31,953 One remembers those one looks up to 475 00:47:32,053 --> 00:47:34,703 more readily than those you look down upon. 476 00:47:34,803 --> 00:47:36,353 I believe you were a cadet. 477 00:47:36,453 --> 00:47:38,303 Yes, you were my commander. 478 00:47:38,403 --> 00:47:44,003 Oh, well, blame brandy and old age, hmm? 479 00:47:44,103 --> 00:47:45,753 Please, sit. 480 00:47:55,203 --> 00:47:57,353 - Brandy? - No. 481 00:47:59,453 --> 00:48:01,953 To begin, may I offer our sincere...? 482 00:48:02,053 --> 00:48:06,103 Please understand... hypocrisy I hate most. 483 00:48:07,853 --> 00:48:11,353 - Indeed. Let us not pretend... - No, do not pretend. 484 00:48:12,803 --> 00:48:16,853 I wonder if Mr. Appleby might be allowed to finish a sentence? 485 00:48:19,353 --> 00:48:21,003 We are told that in your father's will, 486 00:48:21,103 --> 00:48:26,003 you were bequeathed a piece of territory which lies just here. 487 00:48:27,353 --> 00:48:28,353 Mm-hmm. 488 00:48:30,153 --> 00:48:33,453 As you will see, the small piece of land your father bought off 489 00:48:33,553 --> 00:48:37,903 the Indians is now by virtue of geography a point of contention 490 00:48:38,003 --> 00:48:42,053 between His Majesty's Government and the cursed United States. 491 00:48:46,953 --> 00:48:48,453 So... 492 00:48:51,303 --> 00:48:52,453 Hmm? 493 00:48:52,553 --> 00:48:56,203 Ah, Mr. Delaney, you've been in Africa for a number of years, 494 00:48:56,303 --> 00:49:00,353 so you may be unaware that Britain and the United States 495 00:49:00,453 --> 00:49:02,603 are currently at war. 496 00:49:02,703 --> 00:49:04,053 I know. 497 00:49:04,153 --> 00:49:07,403 Ah, well, you will understand, then, that private ownership of 498 00:49:07,503 --> 00:49:10,453 the Nootka Sound landing ground represents an opportunity 499 00:49:10,553 --> 00:49:12,703 for our enemies who dispute its sovereignty 500 00:49:12,803 --> 00:49:16,053 when the time comes to draw the border. 501 00:49:16,153 --> 00:49:17,553 I know. 502 00:49:19,053 --> 00:49:20,953 Yes, I know. I also know... 503 00:49:21,053 --> 00:49:23,603 that the British and American Government 504 00:49:23,703 --> 00:49:26,603 are preparing to begin their secret peace talks in Ghent, 505 00:49:26,703 --> 00:49:28,053 aren't they? 506 00:49:28,153 --> 00:49:33,253 And negotiators are preparing depositions to draw 507 00:49:33,353 --> 00:49:37,003 the Canadian-American border for when the current hostilities end. 508 00:49:37,103 --> 00:49:39,853 And because of the strategical position of Nootka Sound, 509 00:49:39,953 --> 00:49:42,553 whoever owns it has legal entitlement 510 00:49:42,653 --> 00:49:46,053 to the entire island of Vancouver, 511 00:49:46,153 --> 00:49:47,303 which is... 512 00:49:48,553 --> 00:49:50,453 Well, which is the gateway to... 513 00:49:51,953 --> 00:49:53,003 to China. 514 00:49:55,753 --> 00:49:56,803 Hmm? 515 00:49:59,953 --> 00:50:02,253 So this... 516 00:50:03,403 --> 00:50:07,053 This small piece of land that my father... 517 00:50:07,153 --> 00:50:09,453 bought for beads, 518 00:50:09,553 --> 00:50:11,653 bless him, and gunpowder, 519 00:50:11,753 --> 00:50:14,003 some 30 years ago, 520 00:50:14,103 --> 00:50:18,453 actually will be very, very valuable to the Crown 521 00:50:18,553 --> 00:50:21,053 and to the East India, 522 00:50:21,153 --> 00:50:24,853 but also incredibly valuable to the Americans. 523 00:50:24,953 --> 00:50:28,453 Mr. Delaney, as a British subject, 524 00:50:28,553 --> 00:50:32,353 you owe a debt of loyalty to your King and country. 525 00:50:35,103 --> 00:50:37,653 If patriotism is not in your motivation, 526 00:50:37,753 --> 00:50:39,953 perhaps money can be. 527 00:50:41,753 --> 00:50:43,953 Before your unexpected return, 528 00:50:44,053 --> 00:50:47,153 we had agreed a figure with your half-sister. 529 00:50:47,253 --> 00:50:50,003 Her husband drove a particularly hard bargain. 530 00:50:51,053 --> 00:50:53,953 I'm sorry, no. Nootka Sound is not for sale. 531 00:50:55,503 --> 00:50:56,603 Open the envelope. 532 00:50:58,203 --> 00:50:59,253 Are you deaf? 533 00:51:00,303 --> 00:51:02,853 - Oh, Mr. Delaney... - Mr. Delaney, perhaps... 534 00:51:02,953 --> 00:51:06,103 The Leviathan of the Seas, is it? 535 00:51:06,203 --> 00:51:08,203 The terrible shadow? 536 00:51:09,453 --> 00:51:13,753 The beast with a million eyes and a million ears? 537 00:51:13,853 --> 00:51:14,953 Conquest? 538 00:51:16,003 --> 00:51:17,203 Rape? 539 00:51:18,353 --> 00:51:19,503 Plunder? 540 00:51:20,953 --> 00:51:23,153 I studied your methods in your school. 541 00:51:24,953 --> 00:51:30,553 And I do know the evil that you do because I was once part of it. 542 00:51:41,403 --> 00:51:43,703 - Are you sure you won't take a brandy? - Yes. 543 00:51:43,803 --> 00:51:46,853 Please take a moment to consider the consequences of your refusal... 544 00:51:46,953 --> 00:51:50,403 What consequences? What consequences? 545 00:51:50,503 --> 00:51:52,003 Perhaps we should adjourn. 546 00:51:52,103 --> 00:51:53,153 Mr. Delaney... 547 00:51:54,553 --> 00:51:57,653 I'll give you one last chance to behave 548 00:51:57,753 --> 00:52:02,553 like a loyal subject of His Majesty and the lawful crown of England. 549 00:52:04,003 --> 00:52:06,903 Sell this land for a reasonable price. 550 00:52:14,753 --> 00:52:16,203 Hmm... 551 00:52:18,553 --> 00:52:19,753 Please. 552 00:52:23,553 --> 00:52:28,353 The balance of your father's mind was, well, unstable... 553 00:52:29,553 --> 00:52:32,003 but you have no such excuse. 554 00:52:32,103 --> 00:52:35,603 Now, why don't you just open the fucking envelope? 555 00:52:40,603 --> 00:52:41,653 Mmm? 556 00:52:52,303 --> 00:52:53,403 Hmm... 557 00:53:02,553 --> 00:53:04,253 Good day. 558 00:53:16,653 --> 00:53:18,003 Well... 559 00:53:20,503 --> 00:53:24,353 The son is as unstable as the father. 560 00:53:26,353 --> 00:53:29,103 Perhaps the rumours about him are true. 561 00:53:30,203 --> 00:53:33,553 I'd hoped to settle this matter in a modern way, 562 00:53:33,653 --> 00:53:36,153 but that's not going to be possible. 563 00:53:40,403 --> 00:53:41,703 He's all yours. 564 00:53:58,503 --> 00:54:02,253 Dear James, the letter I sent to you this morning was written 565 00:54:02,353 --> 00:54:06,053 under the supervision of my husband, 566 00:54:06,153 --> 00:54:08,603 to whom I am happily married. 567 00:54:13,103 --> 00:54:15,903 It is more than ten years since you went away, 568 00:54:16,003 --> 00:54:19,203 and at the time I was grateful that you had decided to leave England, 569 00:54:19,303 --> 00:54:20,853 for both of our sakes. 570 00:54:24,603 --> 00:54:28,253 Whatever happens with this business of inheritance, 571 00:54:28,353 --> 00:54:31,703 and no matter if it results in a dispute, 572 00:54:31,803 --> 00:54:37,553 I hope I can trust you to keep the secrets of the past buried, 573 00:54:37,653 --> 00:54:40,353 buried in a deeper grave.